India, Nov. 14 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Saturday that it has carried out raids at 33 locations across six states in the last few days as part of the Mahadev Online Book (MOB) illegal betting probe, based on the interrogation of the arrested founder-mastermind of the multi-crore racket, Sourabh Chandrakar.

Chandrakar was extradited from Oman on November 1 after evading arrest for over the last 5-6 years and was interrogated at length by the CBI from November 2 to 12. He is currently in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is conducting a parallel money-laundering investigation into the Mahadev betting case.

"CBI conducted searches at 33 locations across six states at the premises of the panel...